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Getting Started - Initial Datafeed setup

Rithmic - Getting Started
Rithmic Market Data and Order Routing
CQG - Getting Started
DTN Market Access - Getting Started
IQFeed - Getting Started
Interactive Brokers - Getting started
Installing Investor/RT on Macintosh
Managing your linnsoft.com account
Using the Help Menu in Investor/RT

Getting Started - Symbol Guide

All About Futures Rollover in Investor/RT
Rollover calendar
Symbol Guide
DTNMA Symbol Guide
IQFeed Symbol Guide
Rithmic Symbol Guide
CQG Symbol Guide
Interactive Brokers Symbol Guide
How do I setup a forex instrument with IB and IDEALPRO exchange?
How can I access Market Indices like the TICK.Z, TRIN, ADD, VIX, TYX, TNX, PREM etc.
Why do long term @ES# charts show different prices in prior months than other charting services?

Getting Started - User Interface 101

Why are all Windows Floating?
Object Manager, Investor/RT "central hub"
Customizing the Main Toolbar
Where is my Main Toolbar ? Where is my Layout Toolbar ?
Keyboard Shortcuts
Message Log
Arranging the sequence the tabs on the Layout Toolbar

Database Support 101

Maintaining Database Restore Points
Moving your Database to Another Computer
Start over with a Fresh Database
Installing Multiple IRT instances
Installing IRT on a Solid State Drive (or any secondary drive)
Startup Manager
Tune Up
Send Database to Support
Database File Size Monitoring
Unable to Open Database file message
Error: IRTACTIVE file in use

Multi-Pane Charts 101

Charts Quick Start
Drawing Tool Setup Using Buttons
Exporting and Importing Charts
Pane Element Menu
Adjust the pane Drawing Order of Chart Objects
Linking Charts
Keyboard and Mouse Shortcuts For Multi-Pane Charts
Copy and paste Indicators (including Buttons) from one chart to another
Understanding Vertical Scale Preferences

Buttons

Changing Periodicity with a Button
How do I create a button on a chart (or a keyboard shortcut) that will open a specific chart, quotepage, or layout?
How can I remove the row of buttons at the top of my chart? (Button Pane)
How would I add a chart button that toggles (adds/removes) a technical indicator with specific preferences?
Is it possible to copy and paste a Button indicator from one chart to another?
Toggle a Group of Indicators on off

TPO Profile Charts

Sessions

Adjusting for Daylight Savings Time
Forex Trading Times
What is an "INCOMPATIBLE SESSION"
Clock offset "N" seconds in my Message Area
Add or Remove Holidays

Periodicities

What is a Chart Periodicity?
Range Bars and Change Bars in Version 12
What is the "Fresh Start" option and how can I access it?
Mixing Periodicities on Charts
Specifying a different PNF box size
Why are my Range Bars off by one tick?
Daily Periodicity Volumes don't match Intraday
The difference between Daily and 1 Day* Periodicities

Charting

Chart Slide Shows
Diagnosing Sluggish Performance
Display the amount of time, ticks, or volume left in the current bar (%BARLEFT)
Simulating Tick Data on longer time frame Charts
Changing thickness of Bars and Candles without Zooming
Video: Customizing Multi-Pane Charts
Multi-Session Volume Profiling
Video: Moving Indicators Between Charts
Video: Multi-Pane Chart Spacing
Video: Technical Indicator Scope
Video: Traditional Multi-Pane Charting Overview
Add a Watermark to a Multi-Pane Chart
Volume Profiling non-Time Based Charts
Why don't my charts match my educators charts?
Printing Charts and Quotepages
How do I setup alarms/alerts for technical indicators?
How do I turn off all the alarms I have setup? Can I put them "on hold" and reactivate them all later?

Technical Indicators

Text that's printed above and below the dotted rectangle of the Profile Indicator
Create a Moving Average of any Technical Indicator
Premium RTX Extensions
Understanding Dynamic Profiles and MPB or BOP
Deleting a Technical Indicator from a chart
Split Sessions for the Volume Profile Indicator
Technical Indicator Presets
Retracement Bands Indicator
Video: Painting Bars and Backgrounds in Multi-Pane Charts
The Annotation Indicator that contains % BARLEFT updates only when a trade occurs.
How do I place a box or note on a chart which shows the current value of some technical indicator?

Quote Pages

Identifying Symbol Groups in QuotePages
How can I merge the symbols from several quotepages into a single quotepage?
How do I delete all the symbols in my database and start from scratch?
How do I globally change the formats for my existing quotepages to my desired format?
How do I make quotepage with all the symbols in two other quotepages?
I have a scan that I would like to run every 5 minutes throughout the day, but I would like a quotepage to accumulate all hits
The Change, %Change, and/or Prev Close columns in the quotepage are showing incorrect values.
Is there a way to add symbols to a quotepage without the quotepage being open?
What is the "QuotePage Browser"?

Custom Columns

Custom Column Values are different than actual RTL Object Values
How Do I Add a Custom Column to a QuotePage?
Why Custom Column Values can Differ from Chart Values

Custom Instruments

Custom Instruments Setup
How do I create a custom instrument to track the advancing or declining issues for a large list of stocks?
Can I import ticker symbols of pairs or spreads into Investor/RT from a text or csv file?

Data Support

Downloading and Retaining Data
Where is my Historical Data?
Backfill Automation
About Interactive Brokers Historical Data
DTNMA and Broker's Data do not match (off by 10, 100 or 1000, etc).
What is Fast Market Mode?
Brokers Data vs. other Feeds
What is Posting (Post History)? Do end-of-day (EOD) users need to post?
Eliminating Whitespace, Gaps that Occur on Holiday Dates
Smart Tick Compression (Legacy feature)
Viewing Long term Composite Charts
How do I import external historical data from a text or csv file?
Using DDE links to get data from Investor/RT
Eliminating Bad Ticks
Data appears to be delayed

Trading Systems

How do I change the default Account Balance Chart that comes up as part of the output of a backtest?
How do I implement a stop and/or target in a trading system?
Using Playback
How do I implement a trailing stop in a trading system?
How can I setup Investor/RT for automatic trading with Rithmic, CQG, Gain or Interactive Brokers? (Autotrading)

Trading

Trading with Investor/RT : check list
OCO/OSO order management with Trading strategies
Enable or Disable Trading Markers

Developers Corner

RTX Extensions
Compiling RTX with Visual Studio 2010
Compiling RTX with Visual Studio 2013

Whats New

What's New in Version 15
What's New in Version 14
What's New in Version 13.5
What's New in Version 13
What's New in Version 12.7
What's New in Version 12.6
What's New in Version 12.5
What's New in Version 12.4
What's New in Version 12.3
What's New in Version 12.2
What's New in Version 12
What's New in Version 11.3
What's New in Version 11.2
What's New in Version 11.1
What's New in Version 10.6
What's New in Version 10.5

Miscellaneous Topics

Using the Functions Window
Warning Message: Memory requirements have reached 250MB
Controlling the Font Size of Labels
How can I change the ChartScrollBackColor and other configuration variables easily?
How can I configure Investor/RT to automatically download adjusted data on continuous futures contracts from DTN?
How can I plot the level I bid/ask size information on my multi-pane charts? What is the Bid/Ask Tool?
How can I plot the volume (range) relative to the average of the same bar (time) over past days or session?
How do I add a line to an intraday chart which display the previous daily closing price?
When exporting RTL objects, can I specify a standard comment so I will not be prompted?
How do I know when new versions of Investor/RT are available?
How do you display bid/ask dots/lines on the chart?
View or Export the volume at price data of the Profile Indicator
How does the Volume Breakdown determine if a trade should be considered a buy (ask volume) or a sell (bid volume)?
I would like to be able to optimize column widths in Portfolios but, I would like to have the preference set for actual data rather than column headings as sometimes the column headings are substantially larger than the data.
I'm getting a message at startup that some of my symbols are setup with non-standard daily/weekly/monthly data retention. settings. What does this mean?
I'm having a problem upgrading to the latest version of Investor/RT. What can I do?
If you run two copies of IB/TWS, how to you tell Investo/RT which on to connect to when you Start Data?
Is there a way for me to force trendlines to snap to the high and/or low price of a bar?
Is there a way to plot the projected high and low of the current rangebar?
Is there any way to increase the thickness of the Candle Wicks from 1 pixel wide to 2 pixels wide?
Can I paint the background of the overnight session a different color from that of the day session for a multi-pane chart?
Naming conventions for scans, Quotepages, and other objects
Plugins Folder Warning Message
Track the Developing VPOC or VA
Understanding Groups
Using Gmail, Yahoo Mail, or Hotmail for outgoing Mail
VISTA.TAF Error Message
Video: Coloring Lines & Histograms in Multi-Pane Charts
What exchanges are supported by the various data services / data feeds that Investor/RT supports?
What is Presentation Mode?
What is the Delete Key in the Macintosh Version. How about the Alt-Key and Ctrl-Key
Why do I have a message STATIC CHART in the window title?
Why do my TPO Indicator lines (Developing VPOC) only go back 10 days?
Windows Stacking up on each other (Charts, Quotepages, etc.).
How do I setup a schedule action that will automatically save the quotepage that results from a scan?
Can you explain what the wicks or tails of Renko charts represent?
Setting up Custom Voice Alert Sounds

Arranging the sequence the tabs on the Layout Toolbar

Sequencing Layout Toolbar Tabs

This 5 minute video demonstrates how to arrange the tabs in the layout toolbar according to your preference.

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